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  • artists' book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • color
  • 20.5 x 26 cm.
  • [128] pp.
  • edition size 1000
  • unsigned and unnumbered

Diamond Sea

Doug Aitken, Dean Kuipers

Diamond Sea is a photographic journey through Diamond Areas One and Two: a highly secure 70,000 square kilometre area along the coastline of the Namibian desert. This area, containing the world's richest diamond mine, has been sealed off from public access since 1907. ... [details]

London, United Kingdom: Book Works,
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Meeting #13
  • artists' book
  • non-standard binding
  • offset-printed
  • accordion
  • printed envelope
  • black-and-white
  • 10 x 12.5 cm [folded]
  • [8] pp.
  • edition size 10000
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 1870699491

Meeting #13

Jonathan Monk

Small, foldout leaflet featuring the statement "À la Tour Eiffel, le 13 October 2008 à midi" (At the Eiffel Tower, October 13, 2008, noon") printed across eight 10 x 12.5 pages. Contained in an envelope. ... [details]

London / Paris, United Kingdom / France: Book Works / Yvon Lambert,
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$99.00
Condition:  New
$108.80
Condition:  Used
Material : Public Works - The Bridge 2000
  • artists' book
  • non-standard binding
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • slipcase
  • black-and-white
  • 29.5 x 21 cm.
  • [200] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 1870699556

Material : Public Works - The Bridge 2000

Thomas Hirschhorn, Anthony Spira, Craig Martin

"In 2000, as part of the exhibition 'Protest and Survive', Hirschhorn built a bridge linking the Whitechapel Gallery and the Freedom Press Bookshop, which is located adjacent to the Gallery across Angel Alley in the East End of London. ... [details]

London, United Kingdom: Book Works,
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$602.99
Condition:  Used
Worldview
  • artists' book
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white
  • 21 x 15 cm.
  • 212 pp.
  • edition size 1500
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 1870699378

Worldview

Emma Kay

"'Worldview' is a fascinating chronicle of the history of the world written from memory. The book begins just before the 'big bang' and ends as the twentieth century draws to a close. Written without any recourse to reference material, relying solely on Emma Kay's memory to chart history, from a variety of sources - newspapers, books, films, TV programmes, computer games, memories of school lessons, music, advertising and her own travels . ... [details]

London, United Kingdom: Book Works,
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$200.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Light rubbing of cover edges, otherwise Fine, contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 36867]
The Palaver
  • artists' book
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • duotone
  • 14 x 15.6 cm.
  • [60] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 1870699289

The Palaver

Gad Hollander, Andrew Bick

"The Palaver is a pocket-sized artist''s book of images and texts by writer and film-maker Gad Hollander and artist Andrew Bick which functions as a story board for an imaginary film.

It consists of photographs that have an elusive but familiar quality, sourced in various European locations with corresponding text. ... [details]

London, United Kingdom: Book Works,
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$25.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Minimal scuffing of covers and rubbing at cover corners, otherwise Fine, contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 36873]
Err
  • artists' book
  • wrappers with dust jacket
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white
  • 21 x 15 cm.
  • [96] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 187069922X

Err

[Second Edition]

David Shrigley

"Artist's book by David Shrigley, an artist based in Glasgow, who has achieved international recognition; the success of this book has increased as his work has reached an ever-wider audience. Shrigley's work has been described as having the ability to make one laugh and cry at the same time. ... [details]

London, United Kingdom: Book Works,
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$19.00
Condition:  New
$9.95
Condition:  Used
Book Works : A Partial History and Sourcebook
  • reference book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 21 x 15 cm.
  • 160 pp.
  • edition size 2000
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 187069920

Book Works : A Partial History and Sourcebook

Lothar Baumgarten, Michael Bracewell, Sue Brind, Jim Harold, Pavel Büchler, Brian Catling, Jimmie Durham, Elaine Reichek, Ann Gallagher, Janice Galloway, Liam Gillick, Douglas Gordon, Susan Hiller, Jackie Kay, Sharon Kivland, Joseph Kosuth, Lily R. Markiewicz, Jeremy Millar, Avis Newman, Chris Newman, Cornelia Parker, Simon Patterson, Adrian Piper, David Shrigley, Shelagh Wakely, Verdi Yahooda, Silvia Ziranek

Catalogue raisonné of works published by Book Works up to 1996. Texts by Pavel Büchler and Ann Gallagher. Edited by Jane Rolo and Ian Hunt. Artists include Lothar Baumgarten, Michael Bracewell, Sue Brind, Jim Harold, Brian Catling, Jimmie Durham, Elaine Reichek, Ann Gallagher, Janice Galloway, Liam Gillick, Douglas Gordon, Susan Hiller, Jackie Kay, Sharon Kivland, Joseph Kosuth, Lily R. ... [details]

London, United Kingdom: Book Works,
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Rex Reason
  • artists' book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 13.2 x 10.5 cm.
  • [110] pp.
  • edition size 2000
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 1870699130

Rex Reason

Simon Patterson

"Rex Reason presents the Periodic Table of the Elements in book form. A colour-coding system is set up (black for solids, blue for liquids and yellow synthetics) but where we might expect to find hydrogen, helium or lithium we find Yul Brynner, William Hogarth and Maria Callas. ... [details]

London, United Kingdom: Book Works,
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$40.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. Light rubbing of covers and cover edges, contents clean and unmarked.
[Object # 4509]
Two Oxford Reading Rooms
  • artists' book
  • wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • die-cut
  • duotone
  • 21 x 9.5 cm.
  • [112] pp.
  • edition size 1000
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 1870699149

Two Oxford Reading Rooms

Joseph Kosuth

Typically sly and elegant artists' book.

"Joseph Kosuth made two installations in Oxford as part of 'The Reading Room' Project, for the particular contexts of the Taylor Institution and of the Divinity School of the Bodleian Library. ... [details]

London, united Kingdom: Book Works,
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$95.00
Condition:  Used
$75.00
Condition:  Collectible
Lost Volume : A Catalogue of Disasters
  • artists' book
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • sewn bound
  • black-and-white
  • 24 x 24.4 cm.
  • [32] pp.
  • edition size 500
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 1870699106

Lost Volume : A Catalogue of Disasters

Cornelia Parker, Edward Woodman

Artist''s book by Cornelia Parker with photography by Edward Woodman."''Lost Volume: A Catalogue of Disasters'' continues Cornelia Parker''s preoccupation with destruction. Following on from Cold Dark Matter, where - with the help of the British Army - Parker exploded a garden shed crammed with objects, Lost Volume: A Catalogue of Disasters uses the intimate form of the book to present several flattened objects that - through the use of trompe-l''oeil - appear to have been squashed between the pages of the book. ... [details]

London, United Kingdom: Book Works,
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$125.00
Condition:  Fine. Clean and unmarked as issued.
[Object # 36348]
objects: 21